In L.A., Awaiting Next Casting Call

City's Mayor, a Latino Democrat Facing a Term Limit, Would Say `Yes' to Any Invite to Join Cabinet

By

Tamara Audi

Jan. 18, 2013 6:50 p.m. ET

LOS ANGELES—As political resumes go, Antonio Villaraigosa's seems made for the times: the departing mayor of Los Angeles is a Latino Democrat who campaigned for President Barack Obama and champions an immigration overhaul, green energy and public transportation.

Yet after two terms as mayor of the nation's second-largest city, Mr. Villaraigosa's future is unclear. The 59-year-old mayor, who will leave office June 30, is looking for a...